Free event, no RSVP needed.
Mimosa House presents a new performance by Georgia Sagri, Breathing (5-1-5), as part of her ongoing research practice, IASI.
As part of IASI ('recovery' in Greek), Sagri has been working with individual participants to continue her research into self-care and recovery, a practice that expands on over 10 years of work, and includes voice tuning, breathing and movement techniques. The research and practice formation at Mimosa House unfolds in two interrelated parts: the first consists of private and anonymous one-to-one sessions, taking place between January and March 2020, with a number of participants involved in the research. The second part derives from the first part’s case studies, taking shape in the form of performances, objects, drawings and writings by the artist. These will evolve throughout the process, thus the exhibition will change over time.
Sagri’s collaboration with Mimosa House is her first institutional exhibition in the UK, which is also the inauguration of her research practice IASI, and her long-term commitment to working directly with the public.
Georgia Sagri (b. 1979, Athens) lives and works in Athens and New York. At the centre of her practice lies an exploration of performance as an ever-evolving field within social and visual life. Much of her work is influenced by her ongoing engagement in political movements and struggles, regarding issues of autonomy, empowerment and self-organisation.
Georgia Sagri has exhibited internationally in various solo and group exhibitions: Portikus, Frankfurt/ Main, Germany (2018); Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (2017, 2018); Cycladic Museum, Athens Greece (2017); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2016); Sculpture Center, New York, USA (2016); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany (2016, 2015); Forde, Geneva, Switzerland (2015); Kunsthalle Basel Switzerland (2014); MoMA PS1, New York, USA (2013); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland (2013); Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (2011); MoMA, New York, USA (2011); Macedonian Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece (2011); The Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece (2006). Sagri has also participated in documenta 14 (2017), Manifesta 11 (2016), Istanbul; Biennial (2015), Lyon Biennial (2013), Whitney Biennial (2012), Thessaloniki Biennial (2011), and Athens Biennial (2007). In 2014 Sagri initiated Ύλη[matter]HYLE (hyle.gr) a semipublic/semiprivate space in the center of Athens, Greece. Her first monograph catalogue was published by Sternberg Press, following her solo exhibitions Georgia Sagri Georgia Sagri at Kunstverein Braunschweig, and Georgia Sagri and I at Portikus. In the summer of 2019 she was offered the Tenor Position in the School of Fine Arts in Athens in order to organise and run the first Performance Art studio.
The exhibition and events programme is kindly supported by Arts Council England.
Image:
Georgia Sagri, Breathing Score, 2017. Installation view, Dynamis, documenta 14, Athens. Georgia Sagri. From documenta 14.